Sister Style: A Pop of Mustard

What's funny about favorite colors is that they don't always translate to outfits. There are other considerations, such as what compliments our hair and skin tones, right? We all have a different palette of colors that make us feel beautiful. Sometimes the stars align and our favorite colors also become wardrobe staples! Yellow is one of our favorite colors to wear. (We shared some more here) A little yellow goes a long way, so we like to add it to otherwise neutral outfits to spice things up! What are your favorite colors to wear in small doses?

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moving is stressful. no doubt about that. but I think the most important thing to remember is to have fun. You can spend all day thinking of things that would make it go faster or smoother. You’re starting a new chapter in your life and sometimes the chaos can end in really good memories. (:

Good luck moving! I recently moved and the thing that helped me the most was numbering the boxes and then making a spreadsheet with a quick list of what was inside. Keep this list separate, and then when you are looking for your spatula a few days after you move in, you will know it’s in box 7! All the best.

I’ve had a pair of mustard tights stashed in my closet for years now but I was always afraid they would look weird with my skin tone. Definitely breaking those bad boys out this fall because Emma looks awesome in them!

Love the tights, I have an identical pair lurking in the back of my drawers and you’ve just reminded me to hunt them out.

I love flesh coloured dresses but you’re right, sometimes they just DON’T translate- I tend to look naked/ highly anaemic/ like I haven’t slept in months if I wear them. I’ve finally stopped bothering to try them on as I’ve realised they really do nothing for my complexion.Rx

Label EVERYTHING. I labeled boxes like a crazy person, including the smaller boxes inside of the big boxes. It saved a lot of hair-pulling-out for us while unpacking and for everyone who helped us unload – they knew what room it went in and we knew what room to find stuff and what box it was in. So glad I embraced the labeling even though it added a little extra packing time. 🙂

In my case, it’s green. I love green, it’s so funny and fresh colour. It makes me feel good and relaxed. I don’t mean every shade of green, just the grass one. It’s so beautiful.
I have a pair of flats in this colour and recently, I found a shirt in a second hand (or thrift store? not sure, how it’s called in English) and I can’t wait to wear it. I’m really curious if it souits me as much as I hope! 😀

Yellow is a great colour, but I don´t think I have a single yellow piece in my closet. I like to wear pops of red, it fits my skintone and is great when wearing darker, more boring combinations without prints and so on.

I just moved out of my flat two weeks ago and a thing I did, was to write on every box, what I put in there. Like “kitchenware” or “everything that was on the desk”. This really helps, especially when it comes to the part when you unpack everything.
And then did I throw away things like old notepads and papers which had become useless in the meantime. Saves a lot of space!

Lots and lots of tape! Go to grocery stores to get boxes. Label everything with a big permanent Sharpie. Whatever you do, just don’t put all of your books in one big box! They get so heavy! Are you moving it yourself or utilizing a moving company?

PS. So happy to see yellow tights making it happen. I was so close to buying those at Tarje the other day but was afraid… no more!

I just pinned those Mocs! i love them! its hard to pick a favorite color but i must say i love me some cute red shoes..and lately i have been dying over all things mustard! happy weekend! -Jesshttp://www.fancytreats.blogspot.com

Yellow is definitely a great colour on you both! I love the mustard tights for autumn. They’re much more unique than plain black tights. I love the third picture of Emma, she looks so free, and her hair looks great.

For Easter I got my whole outfit at Plato’s Closet. First I found a cute green dress with flowers embroidered in a bunch of different colors. Since the dress had so many colors at the neckline, I got some orange woven flats to go with it, and I LOVE THEM. My husband loves them too, which is atypical, b/c he normally likes me in heels. I wear them with dresses, jeans, shorts, whatever, and I pretty much wear them with anything, because they complement so many items.

I hate moving. We have moved so much lately that I’ll be happy when we never have to do it again. I have tons of tips, but the best would be to make sure you take breaks so you don’t go crazy, and remember each trip you make is another trip towards being done. Good luck!

I’m a big fan of tights, especially bold colors and patterned tights. It never gets cold enough here so I usually wear shorts through the winter with different tights underneath. I love the mustard yellow! I think I’m obsessed with mustard yellow things for the home.

No real advice on the moving except to declutter declutter declutter! I make it a habit to declutter often since I buy often. It feels so great afterwards. The only downside is you might get rid of something and find that you end up needing it later, but I can say that it almost never happens to me. So excited for your new space and can’t wait to see what you do with it!

I just moved to a new (Canadian) province. It was really stressful moving to a new city in a new province, but we stuck to our plan – we wanted to get set up as quickly as possible. It you let things sit, you just won’t get to them and a year later there will still be stuff in boxes! We put in 12 – 14 hour days for about 4 days straight. It was exhausting, but then it was all done!

I LOVE to wear all the wild colors on my legs in tight form…I usually pair them with boots so the color pop is super bold but not too overpowering. I adore the color orange! I like to wear it but it can be true that less is more with that color-I have yet to find orange tights, but for now I will just wear pops here and there.

Love the outfits! My best moving tip is for packing the clothes that are hanging in your closet. Section them off in groups of 20 items or so, elastic the hangers, bring a garbage bag or other large bag up over the bottom of the clothes and tie at the top near the hangers. If you tie it loosely, you can re-use the bags. (Basically just putting a garbage bag over the clothes) I know packing with garbage bags isn’t chic but folding up all of your clothes just to re-hang them all over again is a ton of work! Good luck with the move!!!

Love mustard but would have never though to pair it with brown and it actually works!

As for moving tips. Wrap your breakables in your linen it saves on copious amount of newspaper and bubble wrap. My roommate is super organised and when we moved she labelled the boxes 1-5. 1 being what had to be unpacked first (what we would need straight away) right down to 5 which was our little knick knacks and stuff we wouldn’t need straight away. Hope that helps 🙂
Good luck!

Jessie,
To answer your question, yes we still enjoy thrifting. Emma thrifts clothing all the time. I have taken a break from collecting clothing because, honestly, I just had too much vintage… my closet was overflowing (mostly with statement pieces that didn’t mix/match very well) Also, I am collecting home decor (a lot of flea market finds) so I’ve been distracted from clothing.

We do wear at least a few c/o items in each post (with the exception of “budget edition” which we will probably do more of in the future- http://www.abeautifulmess.com/2012/07/sister-style-budget-edition.html ) Our sponsors are incredible companies with beautiful clothes. We are proud to wear all of the outfits that we post, whether they are sponsored or not. We personally pick out 100% of the clothing we wear, so even when it was gifted to us it is still something that we chose to wear.

I love the matching yellow tights and moccasins, very cute! As for moving advice… pack light! When I was moving around the country, I made the very bad choice of hauling everything I owned and it became a really big pain.

Moving Tip: Save on newspaper and packing garbage. Put your linens and clothes to work as packing supplies. Wrap your delicate items in towels, sheets, or pieces of apparel. I do this every time I have to move.

I always put the room or storage space destination on the box so anyone helping me move does not have to check in everytime they grab a box – sometimes if I knew I wasn’t quite ready to unpack something would write “garage” so I could reduce the clutter that I knew would pile up if I didn’t get a chance to unpack that box for a few days.

I love my mustard tights, in fact I can’t wait for the weather to cool down so I can get them out again – I always prefer wearing dresses in winter when I can hide my legs behind tights – strange really when they probably stand out more when covered in colour ;o)

i love these Minnetonka moccasins! i’ve been coveting the Wren-designed navy ones with red beads, but cannot seem to find them anywhere, not even the Minnetonka website!! fingers crossed they come out soon.

Ugh I know how stressful moving can be! Woes of a renter! Something I like to do is make my bed before I unpack anything. It always is a soothing corner of my new home and very welcoming at the end of a long moving day. Good luck to you! This is such an exciting time! I’m glad for you!

Love the yellow mocs! I had orange ones and got them wet…needless to say orange feet were not a good look! My advice about moving is enjoy the process. It’s crazy and stressful, but I just love the feeling of those first few days when you are living out of boxes and sharing one spoon. It kind of feels like survivor!

Ha! I saw your post on the Lotta facebook page and clicked over. I just was about to put on yellow tights today when I asked my husband what he thought and he responded, “What, you own yellow tights?!” So I put on some others. Yellow tights tomorrow, I say!! 🙂

I love how the yellow shoes give such a great ‘pop’ to your outfit! Must try that myself. Good luck with the move, I recently moved to a new place and luckily I was abroad when it happened so my boyfriend sorted it all out, haha.

I love moving, and have done it more often that most and from very different places. Zambia to Chicago was a favourite.

Here are my 6 Moving tips that I always try and do:

1. Keep one box with basic essentials: kettle, mugs, some plates, cutlery, thermos, tea, coffee, biscuits etc. Don’t loose sight of it. Make sure that goes in the car not the lorry. Set it up in the kitchen as soon as you get in.

3. Have another box with overnight stuff: PJs, washing stuff, underwear for the next day, deodorant.

4. Labels all the boxes. All of them. With which room it should go to and type of contents.

5. Have take out on the day that you move. It’s a small luxury, and so much a part of moving. Sitting in your house for the first evening with not much stuff and lots of boxes, exhausted after a full day and not worrying about cooking. Love it. Thai is my favourite option.

6. Manage your expectations. It won’t look perfect from the first moment.